Essential Mood-Boosting Interior Ideas to Create a Happier Home
Have you heard of Dopamine Decor? It's a trending term encouraging you to curate a home that truly reflects the happiest you. It gives you the design tools to help find ways to boost your mood and just the right amount of dopamine to make you feel great.
As I write this blog, I am in my favourite place in the kitchen, sitting at the dining table facing out to the garden. I have a colourful floral tablecloth, and my walls are full of paintings and artefacts of flowers and butterflies - the things I love. There is colour and nature harmoniously all around me.
9 Mood-Boosting Interior Ideas
Thankfully, when you say that you're using colour in your home, we've moved on from the idea of bright, garish room images; we can now visualise the whole colour wheel and see an array of shades and tones that, when paired well and to the desired owner's taste, make perfect harmony.
Take time to learn how to recognise the colours that make you feel good and find the family of colours that work well with them. For example, yellow is a positive mood-boosting colour, but lemon yellow may be too harsh for you, and a soft pinky yellow may be just the perfect shade for you.
Using Interior design tools or working with an interior designer provides you with a path to follow for a way of thinking that helps you creatively combine colour, pattern, and texture to enhance your way of life.
An Eclectic design style ethos allows you to mix aspects of different styles. It is the perfect way to refine and curate what you have and inspire you to add what makes you happy. Take time to hone a colour palette and mix patterns and textures to create a room where everything harmoniously sits together.
Plants are an essential positive addition, not just because of the nurturing properties of the many green colours but also because of their different shapes and sizes and ability to tie together a room and make it more restful and lived in.
Don't feel you have to hide away the old chair from your grandmother; recover it in a new fabric you like more and enjoy remembering the time you watched her sit in it. Add to your display that homemade ceramic as a present from your children or a friend to make your home more personal. Often, the colours in vintage or antique items are softer and grounded, providing the balance to mix in bolder colours and make tonal groups to soften the overall look.
Add storage for those extra items that can't all be displayed. Swapping and changing around your accessories to refresh a space is a great way to share your personality in your home. Storage to hide them away when not in use is essential for a stress-free mind! For handy tips and shoppable products read our ‘Stylish storage solution’ blog
Happiness often comes from spending time with friends and family at home. Having adaptable furniture options, like an extendable table, benches or footstool for extra seating, helps create versatility.
Making a gallery wall in your home is a lovely way to tell a story. Grouping pictures and memorabilia can be the perfect addition to a dark hallway or guest bathroom. Click on my easy steps on how to make a gallery wall.
Provide as many lighting options as possible to cope with the different light conditions during the day and the events in your home. Add overhead task lighting for working spaces, ambient lighting for relaxing and socialising, and side lights to lift dark corners.
By incorporating these tips, you can transform your home into a space that uplifts your spirits and creates a positive living environment. Embrace the power of Dopamine Decor and watch your home become a true reflection of your happiest self!
Interior design isn't about a perfectly presented space but the lived-in, considered story of one's home.
I’m always on hand to offer any interior design services, please feel free to email me any images of spaces you are currently working on.
